» As people stand in queues, bribe of Rs 3 lakh paid to officials with new Rs 2,000 notes

As people stand in queues, bribe of Rs 3 lakh paid to officials with new Rs 2,000 notes

According to a report on NDTV, Superintending Engineer P Srivivasu and Sub Divisional officer K Komtekar of the Kandla Port Trust had sought a bribe of Rs 4.4 lakh for clearing the pending bills.

Written by: Madhuri

Published: Thursday, November 17, 2016, 13:02 [IST]

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Ahmedabad, Nov 17: Even as citizens are struggling to withdraw and exchange money for a week now, the Anti-Corruption Bureau on Thursday arrested two port trust officials accepting bribe of Rs 3 lakhs. What was more surprising here is that the entire bribe amount was paid in newly introduced Rs 2000 currency notes.

According to a report on NDTV, Superintending Engineer P Srivivasu and Sub Divisional officer K Komtekar of the Kandla Port Trust had sought a bribe of Rs 4.4 lakh for clearing the pending bills of a private electrical firm.

Following the demand, a middleman for the two officials had accepted Rs 2.5 lakh from the firm on November 15 , which was a part of the bribe amount.

Even the officials are stunned because the maximum amount which can be withdrawn by a person in one week is ₹24,000.

Earlier, on November 12, a senior assistant of Kolhapur Zilla Pin Maharashtra was also arrested for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 35,000.